Harness.



'No. 813,543. PATENTED FEB. 27-, 1906. J. J. GRBEDON.

HARNESS. APPLICATION FILED AUG.30,1905.

Witnesses: Inventor, y I 4 hi y UNITED STATES PATENT orrIoE. JOHN J. CREEEN, OF MOLINE, ILLINOIS.

HARNESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application filed August 30, 1905. Serial No- 276,422.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN J. CREEDON, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Moline, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Harness, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to harness, and more particularly to a novel form of nut for assembling the check-hook with the saddle-seat and tree of a harness.

As is well known, nearly all tree-frames are now made of cast metal, and in order to reinforce the same their under sides are provided with longitudinal and transverse ribs. This is especially true at the crest of the tree, where there is a depression for receiving a bolt that holds the check-hook combined with the saddle-seat and tree, and owing to the fact that the walls of the depressions are closely disposed great difficulty is encountered in firmly seating the nut upon the threaded shank of the check-hook, this being due to the fact that the space between the walls of the depression are not sufiicient to, permit the use of a wrench, and an ordinary pair of pliers has to be relied upon for the purpose. The result is that the checkhooks frequently work loose and are often lost, entailin expense and trouble upon the owner of the arness.

It is the object of the present invention in a ready and practical manner to obviate difiiculties heretofore encountered in effecting a positive securing of the check-hook nut with the check-hook and to facilitate operation.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the various novel details of construction of a harness attachment, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a plan view exhibiting the under side of a tree-frame with the nut of the present invention combined therewith. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the saddle-seat and tree, showing the manner in which the nut is seated upon the shank of a check-hook, the engaging end of the wrench being shown in section in order to display its cooperative relation to the nut. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view of the wrench. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the nut.

Referring to the drawings, S designates the saddleseat, F the skirts or flaps, and T the tree-frame, and as these parts may be of the usual or any preferred construction detailed description thereof is omitted.

Combined with the saddle-seat and treeframe is a check-hook 1, which may be of the usual or any preferred construction and is provided with the ordinary threaded shank 2, with which is combined the nut 3, which constitutes one of the salient features of the present invention. The nut, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, is provided with a longitudinal seat 4 in its outer face, forming thereby two flanges 5, which are adapted to be engaged by the squared terminal 6 of the wrench 7, the said terminal being provided with a longitudinal bore 8, into which the shank of the check-hook will project when the nut is being seated.

As shown in Fig. 1 and as above referred to, the tree is provided with reinforcing webs or flanges t and at its crest with a depression 25 in which the nut is seated, the walls t on each side of the depression presenting obstructions that will prevent the introduction of an ordinary wrench for the purpose of seating the nut, as will be understood by reference to Fig. 2. By the employment of the wrench shown in Fig. 3 it will be seen that there will be ample space for the nut to be turned firmly to its seat, inasmuch as the wrench does not project toward the sides thereof, so that the trouble heretofore encountered in this procedure is in a ready and practical manner overcome.

As herein shown, the wrench is provided with a cross-bar 9, by which it is turned, and this will be generally the manner in which the wrench will be constructed.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that although the improvements herein defined are simple in character they will be positive in securing the objects sought and that the seating of the nut upon the checkhook can be secured in a more expeditious and certain manner than has heretofore been possible with the procedures commonly followed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is v 1. The combination with a tree-frame provided on its inner side with reinforcing webs a Wrench provided with a longitudinal bore to receive the projecting end of the shank and a rectangular terminal to engage the I 5 Walls of the seat.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto a'ffixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN J. CREEDON.

Witnesses:

Enw. SWANSON, H. H. PARKS. 

